Come on, George. We all, including you and me, have cognitive dissonance in some areas. And, I don’t see that D.S.-52’s comments disallow a god in his thinking. It could still not interfere without being a non-conscious force.

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

“When all people think alike, no one thinks very much.”

When atheists lose their ability to entertain doubts and be skeptical about their own current way of thinking, they begin to resemble devout believers who think their truth is an absolute truth forever. So give it a try, George. Assume for a moment that being both religious and curious is possible and also easy. Provide arguments for this claim. Afterwards I will have to come up with counter arguments. So you are me and I am you. Up for the challenge?

Sure, Dan, I love to play games. But I am not so sure I understand the rules. What is it I am supposed to say or do? I already told you were both religious and curious, so I don’t know why I should “assume it for a moment.” As opposed to what?

When atheists lose their ability to entertain doubts and be skeptical about their own current way of thinking, they begin to resemble devout believers who think their truth is an absolute truth forever.

You’re conflating and confusing a lack of belief in a god or gods with one’s capacity to think critically. Disbelievers can be every bit as gullible as believers, but a lack of any religious convictions has nothing to do with it.

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Question authority and think for yourself. Big Brother does not know best and never has.

Sure, Dan, I love to play games. But I am not so sure I understand the rules. What is it I am supposed to say or do? I already told you were both religious and curious, so I don’t know why I should “assume it for a moment.” As opposed to what?

The game goes like this:

You are me and I am you. So you begin your post like this:

It is not difficult to be religious and curious at the same time, because

Ok. It is not difficult to be religious and curious at the same time, because I am a hypocrite.

This is a strange game. I assume you realize, that as Dan, you called youself a hypocrite. You must think that Dan is very forthcoming.

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As a fabrication of our own consciousness, our assignations of meaning are no less “real”, but since humans and the fabrications of our consciousness are routinely fraught with error, it makes sense, to me, to, sometimes, question such fabrications.